Octopussy


EMI Records (724354145025)
Movie | Release date: 02/11/2003 | Film release: 1983 | Format: CD, Download
 

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# Track Artist/Composer Duration
1.All Time HighRita Coolidge3:05
2.Bond Look Alike3:01
3.009 Gets the Knife and Gorbinda Attacks3:09
4.That's My Little Octopussy3:15
5.Arrival at the Island of Octopussy3:25
6.Bond at the Monsoon Palace3:06
7.Bond Meets Octopussy3:37
8.Yo Yo Fight and Death of Vijay3:47
9.The Chase Bomb Theme1:59
10.The Palace Fight1:59
11.All Time HighRita Coolidge3:03
 33:25
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Octopussy - 08/10 - Review of Tom Daish, submitted at (English)
After only scoring alternate Bond films for a number of years, John Barry surged into a final triumvirate that included Roger Moore's final two films and Timothy Dalton's first. They are perhaps the three most diverse of Barry's scores, Octopussy having a broader feel in line with his more recent style, A View to a Kill containing some good action riffs and a neat electric guitar motif and The Living Daylights as a forward looking mixture of orchestra and synths demonstrating Barry has a surprising ease with technology, not something that would be assumed from his usual writing style.
Since Octopussy would be hard to make rhyme and scan during a song, Barry and lyricist Tim Rice settled on All Time High which is third in an informal trio of ego boosting ballads that began with Nobody Does it Better from The Spy Who Loved Me and continued with For Your Eyes Only. None of these songs is in what could be deemed the 'classic' Bond mode, but are perhaps three of the most pleasing entries. As usual, Barry puts the song to good use as a sultry love theme, notably in That's My Little Octopussy and Bond Meets Octopussy although the use is not as pervasive as in previous efforts. One nice touch is a minor key version used for Death of Vijay, a moment of genuine emotion and regret that is rare in a Bond film.

Despite track titles that promise swathes of action, it this is rather more low key. That is not to say static, merely that Barry uses restraint in an attempt to avoid hyping the ludicrous situations. Something younger film composers could occasionally remember. Only occasional glimpses of the Bond theme are heard and as is often the case with Barry, just the rising and falling opening. 009 Gets and Knife and the later Yo Yo Fight feature a typical Bond action motif of swirling strings, brass hits and a brief rising horn motif that set off against each other nicely. The Chase Bomb Theme (another classic track title) isn't exactly a notable Barry melody, but the building tension is typically well maintained. The action motif returns for The Palace Fight followed by an enjoyable burst of the Bond theme that ends the score, before a reprise of All Time High.

While dialogue is rarely a welcome addition to a soundtrack release, the three briefs extracts are of course the three moments that are an essential to any Bond film: the meeting with Moneypenny, the 'Bond, James Bond' introduction and of course a quick chat with Q about the latest amusingly implausible gadget. Roger Moore's laconic delivery is typically droll and they are brief enough not to be particularly intrusive. This contains no extra score over the original, extremely rare album release (the cover of which is featured on the inlay sheet), but there is still plenty here to enjoy. Perhaps the only disappointment of releasing Octopussy is that its relative newness already ensures good sound quality; almost all of Barry's earlier efforts deserve the same deluxe re-release treatment to improve the sound. The fold out liner notes are a bit clumsy to handle, but full of information and stills from the film. Do pay attention 007...
Octopussy - 10/10 - Review of Cedric Stalpers, submitted at (Dutch)
In 1983 gold voor James Bond: You Only Live Twice. Zowel Roger Moore als Sean Connery brachten dat jaar een Bond film uit, waarvan de eerste in de officiele Octopussy speelde en de laatste in Never Say Never Again; een film die geen deel uitmaakt van de door EON Productions gemaakte reeks Bondfilms (waaronder GoldenEye, Die Another Day en The World Is Not Enough). Omdat EON bevreesd was van de concurrentie van de 'echte, oude' James Bond, poogden ze met Octopussy een van de beste films van hun reeks af te leveren.

Ook John Barry leverde zijn bijdrage aan deze inspanning, en leek door veelvuldig gebruik van het bekende James Bond theme duidelijk te willen maken dat Octopussy de 'echte' Bondfilm van de twee was. Daarmee is Octopussy echter geen herhalingsoefening te noemen. De score is stijlvol en dreigend als de spion zelf, met veel jagende violen en donderend slagwerk. Rita Coolidges titelsong werd geen nummer 1 hit, maar zij heeft wel de juiste klankkleur voor het licht melancholieke en romantische nummer dat Barry componeerde.

De muziek was heel effectief in de film, maar is zeker ook los van de film een lust voor het oor.
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